Space Week NY 2026 -- New York Analog Astronauts

​Analog Astronauts provide important opportunities and offer critical insights as humanity continues exploring the Solar System. Join some experienced analog astronauts with ties to New York for this virtual discussion and Q&A to learn more about their fascinating work.

​Join the following amazing panelists for a dynamic and insightful conversation!

• ​Maxine Hoover Mars Ocean Analogs

• ​Ruth Nichols Cornell University

• ​Priya Abiram Cornell University

• ​Dr. Susan Ip-Jewell MMAARS & AvatarMEDIC

• ​Ilankuzhali Elavarasan Mars Ocean Analogs

• ​Ambericent Cornett CameleCo Consulting

​Forward this to your friends in the New York space community!

​Space Week NY 2026 is a week full of space programming for New York! Find our other events at SpaceWeekNY.com/schedule-rsvp.

​Headline event:

• ​Friday April 24th 9:30am-7:30pm [NYC]: New York Space Forum at the Intrepid Museum

​Other events include:

• ​Monday April 20th 5:30pm [Virtual]: Empire Space Town Hall

• ​Tuesday April 21st [Ithaca]: New York Consortium for Space Technology (NYCST) Symposium

• ​Wednesday April 22nd 5:30pm [NYC]: NYC Kickoff at Luxembourg House

• ​Thursday April 23rd 3:30-6:30pm [NYC]: The Spacetech Legal & Capital Playbook at Cooley

• ​Saturday April 25th: 6-10pm [NYC]: Closing Townhouse Party

​Space Week NY 2026 Sponsors:

• ​Intrepid Museum

• ​NASA New York Space Grant (NYSG)

• ​Cooley LLP

• ​Imagine Milk

• ​Luxembourg Trade & Investment Office, New York (LTIO-NY)

• ​Luxembourg American Chamber of Commerce (LACC)

​​​Questions? Reach us by email [email protected] or on Twitter @EmpireSpaceNY

​​​Want to learn more? Visit our website empirespace.org